Judges 20:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.”

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BSBPD

“So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, `Into Gibeah (which <FI>is<Fi> to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 20:4 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 19:15They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.

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